Freiheit Reich wrote:
I remember in basic training, somebody was smart enough to shave his head planning to save money but he was forced to get his head shaved by the barber and pay $6 just like the rest of us. The drill sergeant did it to make a point that he was superior to us. That taught me that thinking is a waste of time in the army. There are plenty more examples of leaders giving out inefficient and stupid orders but lower ranking soldiers are powerless so I just followed my orders and counted my days.
This airman accepts the military way of life though. He should be used to following the idiotic orders of his superiors. He can think of the oath as another order he must follow even though he doesn't like it.
"accepting" the military way of life doesn't mean you have to ignore the things you want to change. People have values. Surprisingly, those values are not always the same as yours, and they value them just as much (or more, I don't know) as you do.